Robert Rauschenberg
By: Catherine Craft
Contributors: Rauschenberg, Robert, 1925-2008, artist
Series: Phaidon focus; Phaidon focus
Publisher: Phaidon
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 145
ISBN-13: 9780714861517
Subjects: American Art; Criticism and interpretation; Modernism (Art)
Description: The work of Robert Rauschenberg has had a profound impact on avant-garde art from the 1950s onwards. A pioneer of multimedia are, this book explores his experimentations from his Combines (works melding painting and sculpture), prints, silkscreen paintings to his use of technology and his collaborations with choreographers such as Merce Cunningham and Trisha Brown. This book explores his work.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (page 145).
Table of contents: title: Acting in the gap between art and life; title: The early years : from Texas to New York; title: Photography; title: Monochromes and experimental works; title: Erased de Kooning drawing; title: The Combines; title: Monogram; title: Transfer drawings, printmaking and the silkscreen paintings; title: Dante's Inferno; title: Barge; title: Beyond painting : the late 1960s and early 1970s; title: Technology; title: Performance; title: Fabric; title: Return to painting and photography; title: Rauschenberg Overseas Culture Exchange (ROCI); title: Bible Bike (Borealis).